Eurocentrism in a YouTube video on the Jakarta–Bandung railway
A critical examination of discourse across race, gender, and class
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12918317 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Zhou Li (0000-0002-5702-2206, Southwest Jiaotong University, corresponding author), Yuchen Liu (0009-0000-2336-8092, Southwest Jiaotong University), Shushu Chen (0000-0003-4010-9177, Southwest Jiaotong University), Jingxuan Huang (Southwest Jiaotong University) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 16 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 208-216 |
| Publication date | 2023-05-10 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Communication Culture and Critique (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1753-9137 • E-ISSN: 1753-9129 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1093/ccc/tcad017 |
| OpenAlex | W4376143746 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 22 |
In this article, we examine the YouTube channel Railways Explained and its video on the Jakarta–Bandung High-Speed Railway (JBHSR). By stressing tensions among China, Indonesia, and Japan surrounding the JBHSR project, the video, we argue, managed to divert the audience’s attention away from its Eurocentric representation to a socially constructed Asian drama. Drawing upon Foucauldian poststructuralism, we then demonstrate how the Asian drama, narrated through three forms of otherness—ideological (Japan/Indonesia vs. China); developmental (Japan/China vs. Indonesia); and a geopolitical imaginary (the West vs. Asia)—revealed the perpetuation of Eurocentric hegemony in the knowledge of science and technology
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| Citations per year | 0.5 |
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| Citation span | 2024 - 2024 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |